The midbrain or mesencephalon (from the Greek mesos, middle, and enkephalos, brain[1]) is a portion of the central nervous system associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep/wake, arousal (alertness), and temperature regulation.[2]
villa â(plural villas or villae). ( 1 plural villas) A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
Definition of a Villanelle. A villanelle is a fixed form poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain and also follows a specific rhyme scheme using only two different sounds. A tercet is a stanza with only three lines, and a quatrain is a stanza with four lines. Thus, the villanelle has nineteen total lines.